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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    CPRA and “Prompt” Production of Records

    […] "Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection or copying of public records." I suggest writing a follow-up letter, reminding the agency of its obligations under the PRA to provide you the estimated date and time when disclosable records will be made available and provide […]

    May 23, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Records of Traffic Citations

    […] not already one so, I suggest you submit a PRA request for the records you seek.  A sample PRA request is available on CFAC's website at: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/. Although what you are seeking is traffic citations, please note that with respect to crimes and arrests, a California court of appeals has held that the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering

    Should complaints against belligerent councilman be public?

    […] at a local transit agency. Both of my public records requests have been rejected because officials say it is a personnel matter. In the transit agency’s rejection letter, which is the one I received most recently, itcites California Gov. Code 6254(c)and(k) as well as City of Palmdale(1993) 5 Cal.4th 363, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 330. One […]

    August 19, 2011

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule

    SCHEER--As part of a legal settlement with the First Amendment Coalition, the Los Angeles County Jail has agreed to pull back its veil of secrecy on the identities of persons who visit incarcerated public officials. The jail's prior policy had been to withhold---on grounds of privacy-protection--the names of visitors to all jail inmates. Going forward, […]

    December 5, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Records and the CPRA

    […] their obligation under section 6254(f) to provide you with the required disclosures.  A sample PRA request can be found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/.  Hopefully, this will give you the type of information you are seeking on the two applicants. I note, however, that the right of access to the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

    […] Eskaton Monterey Hospital v. Myers, 134 Cal. App. 3d 788, 794 (1982); see also Braun v. City of Taft, 154 Cal. App. 3d 332, 340 (1984) ( letters contained in personnel filing appointing and then rescinding appointment of public employee were public records required to be disclosed under Public Records Act since they contained […]

    April 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPRA fees and information in electronic form

    […] requested.While it seems that a more efficient solution should have been available (e.g., simply printing e-mails from the laptops themselves), the city appears to be within the letter of the law.With respect to the hourly fee, the $45/hour fee does not seem unreasonable for contract programming, but, again, I am surprised that the project […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Events

    Media Leak Investigations and the First Amendment

    […] had mail in the Washington Post newsroom. "I raced to the newsroom, went downstairs to the mailroom, and found a FedEx package. It contained a one-page, one-paragraph letter. Nakashima’s reaction? "This is outrageous," she said. "The mere fact that the Justice Department had sought my records and that of my colleagues — it’s outrageous. […]

    August 13, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing public employee timesheets

    […] provision, taking at least 10 days to respond to any request for copies. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline […]

    August 4, 2011